THREE teenage boys have each been charged with 30 counts of criminal damage after a spate of tyre slashings in Harlow. Over the course of three weeks from the end of May, a number of residents across the town discovered their cars had been damaged…

ON Friday, August 16th, the football community came together for a charity football match at Ware FC, and in doing so successfully raised an impressive £550. The funds will benefit Stanley Bramble, a courageous nine-year-old boy from Harlow who is currently battling stage 3 Ependymoma.…

WORK has started on a range of improvements for rail passengers at London Liverpool Street station. Improvements include more ticket gates serving Platforms 1-10 to increase gateline capacity and reduce congestion at busy times, new retail units and a new Greater Anglia ticket office on…

FOLLOWING a short break, Harlow MP Chris Vince has been out and about in the constituency. The new MP has been particularly keen to engage with local businesses. Mr Vince visited O-I Glass in Edinburgh Way. Many will remember them as Key Glass and then…

A PRINCESS Alexandra hospital manager used his access-all-areas pass to steal almost £10,000-worth of computer equipment, a court heard reports the BBC. Stephen Dorrington, 33, targeted the Princess Alexandra Hospital between January 2019 and August 2022. He told police officers, who seized laptops and other…

A PLANNING application to convert an Old Harlow pub into a number of homes has been submitted to the Harlow Council planning committee. The application relates to the White Horse pub on Old Road, Old Harlow. The application proposes: Retention of existing White Horse Public…

TIME to get over that rainbow and make the smallest of dreams come true. A brand-new show featuring Gordy Marshall’s British Carpenters and starring Sally Creedon plus musicians from London’s West End.  Includes Close to You, Top of the World, Rainy Days and Mondays, Please Mr…

MICHAEL Hampton, 32, of Doulton Close, Harlow, was jailed yesterday (Monday 19 August) having previously pleaded guilty to one count of harassment with stalking involving serious alarm and assault by beating. The incidents happened between July 2023 and January 2024. During this time, Hampton planted…

WINCANTON has struck a deal with sofa.com to provide a two-person home delivery service for the furniture retailer. The deal means Wincanton will fulfil 20,000 deliveries each year to customers’ homes from its network hubs in Harlow and Sheffield. Its service includes delivery to a…

ON WEDNESDAY at the Water Gardens, there is a Voluntary Sector Celebration. Full details below.

WE were at the Potter Street and Church Langley allotment back in December (see film below). At that time, it was simply a large field with lots of potential. We returned in August and were amazed at the transformation by the amazing Colin Thorpe and…

PARENTS have less than two weeks to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) their 16-19 year-old is continuing education or training, or their Child Benefit payments will stop. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers will decide on their future this week as they receive their GCSE…

THE MARK Hall Academy community is in shock after a pupil lost his life in a lake in Cambridge. Emergency services had been searching Burnside Lakes in the Cherry Hinton area of Cambridge since 17:30 BST on Monday August 13th after reports the boy had…

KIDS Inspire, the Chelmsford-based children’s mental health and trauma recovery charity, is thrilled to announce a £1 million National Lottery funding award to help local children and families. This substantial grant will enable us to expand our services, reaching more communities across Essex, Suffolk, and…